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University of Eastern Finland - Kuopio Campus
Kuopio, Finland
| No. Students: | 15,000 (1,200 int'l)* | No. of Academic staff: | 1,500 |
| Funding type: | Public |
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About
The University of Joensuu and the University of Kuopio have merged on 1 January 2010 to constitute the University of Eastern Finland.
With approximately 15 000 students and 2 800 members of staff, the University of Eastern Finland is one of the largest universities in Finland. The university has campuses in Joensuu, Kuopio and Savonlinna.
The activities of the new university underscore multidisciplinarity. The four faculties of the University of Eastern Finland, i.e. the Philosophical Faculty, the Faculty of Science and Forestry, the Faculty of Health Sciences, and the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, offer teaching in more than 100 major subjects.
The well-being of students is among the primary concerns of the university and, in addition to the high standard of teaching, the university offers its students a modern study environment, which is under constant development.
The university has extensive international relations and it is involved in several international networks. The universitys teaching and research staff and students are active in participating in various mobility programmes. The university has concluded bilateral agreements on cooperation with approximately 100 universities abroad. Moreover, the university is involved in several international networks and discipline-specific projects.
With its extensive networks, this multidisciplinary and international university constitutes a significant competence cluster, which promotes the well-being and positive development of eastern Finland. The University of Eastern Finland seeks to be among the top three most significant universities in Finland and among the leading 200 universities in the world.
Services
Libraries
Kuopio Campus Library
The collections of the Kuopio Campus Library represent the disciplines of the campus. Indeed, medicine, natural sciences and pharmacy are strongly represented in the librarys collections. Electronic scientific journals and databases acquired through FinELib or by other agreements play an important role in the library's collections and they also constitute the foundations of the librarys current scientific materials. Materials which are older and in less frequent use are being actively moved from the campus library to the National Repository Library. The campus librarys own storage contains printed periodical publications mainly from the year 1990 onwards. The library also serves as an archive for publications and academic theses completed on the Kuopio Campus of the University of Eastern Finland.
Kuopio University Hospital Medical Library
The KUH Medical Library is the universitys medical and health science library, which also serves as a professional library for the KUH staff. The library seeks to acquire all domestic materials relating to medicine and health sciences as well as the most central international materials in the fields. The librarys collections also include printed domestic health care journals and member magazines of various patient associations and foundations. Some of the materials are placed in the hospitals clinics.
Services for Students
Help Desk
The Learning Centre help desk is staffed by a systems analyst, an IT advisor and an IT support officer. They will provide advice and answer any queries you may have regarding the use of computers, including printing and changing the password (AD network, email Hytti/Messi).
Help desk services
* Passwords, AD network, Hytti/Messi
* Colour printing, transparency printing, laminating
* Memory card reader (most common formats)
* Recovery software for damaged or defective disks
* You can borrow manuals for the most commonly used software
* You can buy print credits
* You can buy DVDs and CDs, as well as USB drives
Master's Programmes at University of Eastern Finland - Kuopio Campus
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Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
Faculty of Science and Forestry
Faculty of Health Sciences
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